Have you noticed the pines

riverat · 06-18-2014, 06:37 AM

Have been turning brown and dropping their needles. I have been concerned over the last couple of weeks with the browning of the foliage of the pine browning and it's needles falling which is months early, and I am surrounded by huge white pines. This letter from UNH explains what is happening.
http://extension.unh.edu/articles/Wh...-Turning-Brown

Bernie Girl · 06-18-2014, 06:51 AM

Thanks for the article. I noticed this while walking around Barndoor Island last weekend.

dt5150 · 06-18-2014, 12:59 PM

thanks for posting that, i was curious about it too. i thought it was odd that the needles were flying around already.

Coolbreeze · 06-18-2014, 02:10 PM

Bernie, I envy you right now, I love my walks around the interior of Barndoor. It is amazing how old some of the Pines are. Enjoy and take a few deep breaths for me!

jeffk · 06-18-2014, 04:24 PM

Yup, I was wondering as well and worried that the trees were in trouble. There were a LOT of them. Thanks for the info.

barefootbay · 06-18-2014, 08:58 PM

Despite what UNH says the white pines are in trouble. I have four young , formerly healthy white pines probably 25 yrs old. for the last 3 yrs they have lost many needles in the spring . Then again in the fall which is normal. Each year they needle loss is heavier than the last with fewer new needles being replaced. This year the loss has been the heaviest with what looks like scarce new needle buds. The trees are nearly bare and I suspect that they will die in the next year or so if this continues as it is.

tis · 06-19-2014, 06:19 AM

I think there are two things going on, unless as you said we are not being told the truth.

Some pines are in trouble, there is a disease that kills them. It can hit one and one right next to it is fine. There is also this turning brown in the spring and then they do bounce back. I hope the turning brown thing isn't a prelude to a few years down the road when the trees will get the disease and die.

Pine Island Guy · 06-19-2014, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by barefootbay

Despite what UNH says the white pines are in trouble.

I would contact the UNH Extension Service. They are very knowledgable about many topics, have been extremely helpful in the past and will probably either come out in person or may ask for photographs etc. We pay for them through our taxes, and from my perspective one of the best bargains in the State!

http://extension.unh.edu/About/Contact-us

-PIG

jetlag100 · 06-19-2014, 04:37 PM

What about those beetles? They infect the tree and the tree starts to die and, then, there's winter burn, too!

SteveA · 06-20-2014, 04:55 AM

Having read the good info here on the white pine problems, I called the UNH folks about one of my Swamp Maples that just died this spring. Seems that my tree isn't the only one.

Healthy tree that has been at my LSP property just didn't make any leaves this year. There are a few new branches that have a few leaves, but other than that.. it appeares to be dead.

When you call them, you get connected to a volunteer, nice lady, took all the information, and promised to get back to me.

06-18-2014, 06:37 AM	#1
riverat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alton, NH Posts: 722 Thanks: 337 Thanked 280 Times in 123 Posts	Have you noticed the pines Have been turning brown and dropping their needles. I have been concerned over the last couple of weeks with the browning of the foliage of the pine browning and it's needles falling which is months early, and I am surrounded by huge white pines. This letter from UNH explains what is happening. http://extension.unh.edu/articles/Wh...-Turning-Brown __________________ Waking up in the morning is the greatest, everything after that is a bonus

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SteveA Deceased Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 2,311 Thanks: 1,070 Thanked 2,054 Times in 497 Posts	Not just the White Pine Having read the good info here on the white pine problems, I called the UNH folks about one of my Swamp Maples that just died this spring. Seems that my tree isn't the only one. Healthy tree that has been at my LSP property just didn't make any leaves this year. There are a few new branches that have a few leaves, but other than that.. it appeares to be dead. When you call them, you get connected to a volunteer, nice lady, took all the information, and promised to get back to me. __________________ "Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry he'll be a mile away and barefoot!" unknown

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Bernie Girl Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 60 Thanks: 144 Thanked 17 Times in 16 Posts	Thanks for the article. I noticed this while walking around Barndoor Island last weekend.

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dt5150 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 396 Thanks: 4 Thanked 105 Times in 70 Posts	thanks for posting that, i was curious about it too. i thought it was odd that the needles were flying around already.

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Coolbreeze Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 332 Thanks: 0 Thanked 51 Times in 26 Posts	Bernie, I envy you right now, I love my walks around the interior of Barndoor. It is amazing how old some of the Pines are. Enjoy and take a few deep breaths for me!

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jeffk Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 1,130 Thanks: 201 Thanked 421 Times in 239 Posts	Yup, I was wondering as well and worried that the trees were in trouble. There were a LOT of them. Thanks for the info.

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barefootbay Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 365 Thanks: 65 Thanked 88 Times in 63 Posts	Despite what UNH says the white pines are in trouble. I have four young , formerly healthy white pines probably 25 yrs old. for the last 3 yrs they have lost many needles in the spring . Then again in the fall which is normal. Each year they needle loss is heavier than the last with fewer new needles being replaced. This year the loss has been the heaviest with what looks like scarce new needle buds. The trees are nearly bare and I suspect that they will die in the next year or so if this continues as it is.

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tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,411 Thanks: 719 Thanked 1,381 Times in 957 Posts	I think there are two things going on, unless as you said we are not being told the truth. Some pines are in trouble, there is a disease that kills them. It can hit one and one right next to it is fine. There is also this turning brown in the spring and then they do bounce back. I hope the turning brown thing isn't a prelude to a few years down the road when the trees will get the disease and die.

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jetlag100 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Revere, Massachusetts and Moultonborough, N.H. Posts: 311 Thanks: 228 Thanked 79 Times in 50 Posts	What about those beetles? They infect the tree and the tree starts to die and, then, there's winter burn, too!